Collection's Life

Works by Johann Hauser, Aloïse Corbaz, Adolf Wölfli and Unica Zürn on loan from the Collection de l'Art Brut to the Djanogly Art Gallery/ University of Nottingham (UK)

07.09.2013

The Collection de l'Art Brut takes pleasure in lending out several works
by Hauser, Aloïse, Wölfli and Zürn, to be shown at the Djanogly Art
Gallery (University of Nottingham) exhibition "Art in the Asylum -
Creativity and the evolution of psychiatry".

The exhibition presents the first examination of the evolution of
artistic activity in British psychiatric institutions from the early
1800s to the 1970s. With over 100 loans from national and
international archives, it traces the historical shift from invasive
treatments of mental disorders to a more humane regime in which
creativity played a significant role.

Uncovering fascinating
stories, this historical overview provides insight into the diagnostic
and therapeutic use of patient artwork, its influence on the development
of humane psychiatric practice, and its wider recognition by artists
associated with Art Brut and so-called Outsider Art.